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Rowing machines

  • 02-09-2004 12:56pm
    #1
    JimmyL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 185 ✭✭


    Any recommendations on a rowing machine for around €300?

    There is one (V-fit) from Argos and one from VJ. Either any good?


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  • #2
    trotter_inc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,485 ✭✭✭trotter_inc


    why dont you just join a gym - for €300 you could join a gym for more than 6 months - you could have access to a much better quality rowing machine and all other sort of equipment too.

    I bought a rowing machine a few years ago and tbh after a few weeks you get so fed up of doing the same exercises.


  • #3
    Kai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 604 ✭✭✭Kai


    trotter_inc wrote:
    why dont you just join a gym - for €300 you could join a gym for more than 6 months - you could have access to a much better quality rowing machine and all other sort of equipment too.

    I bought a rowing machine a few years ago and tbh after a few weeks you get so fed up of doing the same exercises.

    why not learn some discipline, that way you wont mind doing the same excercises over and over and youll have the use of a rowing machine for several years, rather than a gym for 6 months.


  • #4
    Merrion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭✭Merrion


    I got the one from argos about a year and a half ago.
    Not bad but not as good as the ones you get in the gym (obviously).
    The biggest thing is that the seat is a bit loose so you need to make sure you are sitting dead centre in it before you start...also get some electricians tape and do each end of the foam on the handles or they slip off.


  • #5
    MrNuked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 989 ✭✭✭MrNuked


    It is possible to crack your pelvis if you spend more than 30 minutes at a time on a rowing machine. This happened to a girl in WIT.


  • #6
    OFDM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭OFDM


    MrNuked wrote:
    It is possible to crack your pelvis if you spend more than 30 minutes at a time on a rowing machine. This happened to a girl in WIT.
    Was she using her legs a lot or using mostly upper body like this:
    http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGeneral/CBSeatedRow.html


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  • #7
    logic1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭logic1


    OFDM wrote:
    Was she using her legs a lot or using mostly upper body like this:
    http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGeneral/CBSeatedRow.html

    That's a seated row machine *not* a rowing machine.

    .logic.


  • #8
    mayto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭mayto


    what are the magnetic rowing machines in argos like . are they as good as the fan type . argos are selling a v-fit armetis fan type/air resistance for 300 euro ,is that any good?. i used to use concept 2 machine when i used to row years ago ,great machine but too expensive.


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